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,,,,,,.=\* ok at this point i am ready to believe.  *\=.,,,,,,
,,,,,.=\*% it would be so easy to let go and start  %*\=.,,,,,
,,,,.=\*%§ to take in water. the boat would be      §%*\=.,,,,
,,,.=\*%§# submerged in minutes, a small list at    #§%*\=.,,,
,,.=\*%§## first but once enough sea has poured     ##§%*\=.,,
,.=\*%§### in, it would be quick. the boat on its   ###§%*\=.,
,,.=\*%§## way to the bottom. rope and bins         ##§%*\=.,,
,,,.=\*%§# floating.                                #§%*\=.,,,
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,,,,,.=\*% anyway - i'm fairly certain that the     %*\=.,,,,,
,,,,,,.=\* spots move. they're insects or           *\=.,,,,,,
,,,,,.=\*% something. when i'm not looking, they    %*\=.,,,,,
,,,,.=\*%§ shift, they crawl, they grow and         §%*\=.,,,,
,,,.=\*%§# shrink. they congregate                  #§%*\=.,,,
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,.=\*%§### (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     ###§%*\=.,
,,.=\*%§## gun, draw circles around them. to show   ##§%*\=.,,
,,,.=\*%§# that they do indeed migrate across the   #§%*\=.,,,
,,,,.=\*%§ skin. (or, the circles would trap them,  §%*\=.,,,,
,,,,,.=\*% like salt))                              %*\=.,,,,,
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